Soft rain helps complexion, say the experts, and you are bound to get lots of it if you live there.

2. Forty shades of green:

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How do you think the place got so green looking? It’s the water stupid, falling and endlessly falling.

3. Cozy nights in:

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What can be nicer than snuggled up at a fire with the rain falling and wind howling outside. Many a child was created because of the stormy night.

4. The official explanation:

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From Ask About Ireland: “Geography places Ireland at mid-latitude, not too close to the heat of the equator or to the cold arctic and its position on the north-western edge of the continent ensures a constant supply of clean unpolluted air and plenty of cleansing rain from the Atlantic Ocean.”

5. Year-round rain:

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Not just a rainy season, no monsoons, more a steady diet of showers and not too extreme.

6. Great climate to grow crops:

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Lots of rain means lots of growth and Ireland has some of the healthiest food in Europe.

7. The jokes:

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For example, “I went to Ireland for a week and it rained twice, once for three days and once for four days.”

Har, Har!

8. The chat:

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As in “Nice soft day” (meaning “It’s lashing out of the heavens!”).

Makes the weather a great topic of conversation.

9. Irish mist:

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That gorgeous light rain that cleanses the landscape and is fabled in song and story – they even named one of Ireland’s most famous drinks after it!